About the Authors

Philip Vutien

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Michelle Jin

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Michael H. Le

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Pauline Nguyen

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Sam Trinh

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Jee-Fu Huang

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hepatobiliary Section, Department of Internal Medicine and Hepatitis Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ming-Lung Yu

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hepatobiliary Section, Department of Internal Medicine and Hepatitis Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Wan-Long Chuang

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hepatobiliary Section, Department of Internal Medicine and Hepatitis Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Mindie H. Nguyen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mindiehn@stanford.edu

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Wan-Long Chuang: Member of Advisory Board: Gilead, Abbvie, BMS, Roche, PharmaEssentia; Speaker: Gilead, Abbvie, BMS, Roche, MSD, PharmaEssentia. Ming-Lung Yu: Research support from Abbvie, Abbott, BMS, Gilead, Merke and Roche. Consultant/speaker of Abbvie, Abbott, Ascletis, BMS, Gilead, J&J, Merke, Norvatis, Pharmaessential and Roche. Mindie H. Nguyen: Grant/research support: Bristol Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, National Cancer Institute. Advisory board/consultant: Anylam Pharmaceutical, Gilead Sciences, Janssen Pharmaceutical, Dynavax Laboratories, Intercept Pharmaceutical. Other authors: No conflicts of interests to disclose. This study was supported by an investigator-initiated research grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc. to Stanford University. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.